1661 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch - Louis XIV

Events

• The Paris Opera Ballet established
• The Académie Royale de Danse established

Births

• 1 November – Louis, Grand Dauphin, heir apparent to the throne

Full date unknown

• Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, naval officer

Deaths

Full date unknown

• Girard Desargues, mathematician
• René Menard, Jesuit missionary
• Louis Couperin, composer
• Georges de Brébeuf, poet